Be Awesome ? NAC 110

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday. I hope you had a good weekend and are enjoying your week so far. It's hard to believe we are already well into October. Who said that was allowed to happen!?! It's getting cold here in the DMV already, which to me means it's pretty miserable. I'm not ready for Fall yet, so I really enjoyed working with this week's Nacho Color Challenge. It was warm and fun. Here's what I came up with-

I used the Happy Things Pocket Cards MDS Download to create this and it was sooooo Quick and Easy. The best part of this card- Being Digital, the possibilities and combinations are Endless! The Polka-Dots are a stamp set from the download. I just colored them with this week's colors. The sentiment is also from the same set. I'm so happy with how this turned out. Not only do I love this as a card to give to friends, I also think this would be great to use in Project Life pages. how easy to change the colors to match your layout.

Here's this week's colors-

That's all I have for you today. I hope you like today's card and I hope it inspires you to play along with us. I can't wait to see what you create! As always if you have any questions about today's project, be sure to leave me a message below and I'll be sure to get back to you.

If you need supplies for your own creations, here's a list of supplies. It's a short one this week-

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Thanks so much for taking time our of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe,
Shan Pin It

Where Do You Find Inspiration? /NAC #70

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Hey y'all. Happy New Year's Eve! I hope you are ready for a Safe and Enjoyable end to 2013. It's Tuesday, so that means the Nacho's have a New Challenge for you. It's a Color Challenge to end the year. I hope you'll play along with us.

So today's project started a little differently for me and it made me think, "Where do you find your Inspiration?" I don't know about you, but sometimes inspiration strikes me in the weirdest ways and it's often surprising where it goes from the initial starting point. That's how it was for me with today's project. Also, I often Seriously Overthink things. Do you do that or is it just me? Also, I think it's fun to look back and see where your Inspiration started and how it evolved to it's end point.

So here's today's project I actually did it 3 ways, like I said- over thinking-

So at first I was really stumped by this week's color combination-

And then I remembered I had these from Thanksgiving and had thought they would make a pretty card-

Ok- not exactly the same color but it was close and it was a start. Then I had to figure out a layout. I don't know about you, but I absolutely love card sketches. I have a board on Pinterest just about sketches, in fact one for cards and one for scrapbooking. I had recently seen this sketch and thought it would be fun, especially since I have the Tape it stamp set in both Clear Mount and MDS-

Still a lot of open space though. AUGH! So, I started thinking and it struck me that maybe if my guy made a card from scraps in my stash he might do something simple and then maybe slap some Washi on it so my card was born.  I cropped and used the little heart flowers to go with my original "flower inspiration".

The card ended up a little darker than I planned so I played around with the combo and came up with these as well-

I just re-colored the layers and washi and changed the font styles and colors. I like the pink one the most but it definitely wouldn't be something I could give my man. LOL :) The green one was the last and it's definitely the most middle of the road but I still like it too.

You know what happened next? I looked at my team members projects and really realized just how much I had over-thunk it! Oh well. It's a creative process and the best part of doing this in MDS... I didn't waste any materials during my experimentation. YEA!!!

Well, that's all I have for you this week. I hope it inspires you to play along with us this week. Most of all I hope it inspires you to really step out of your comfort zone and try something totally different. You might be pleasantly surprised. I would love to hear what inspires you and/or how you come up with your ideas and I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated!

REMEMBER- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe and Happy New Year's early!,

Shan

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Digital Triple Time / NAC # 64

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a great weekend and are having an equally good week so far.  It's Tuesday and that means another challenge with the Nachos and I'm so excited with how this one turned out. I mean like "Whooping Out Loud" excited. Hope you like it-

I love that I was able to capture the look of Triple Layer Stamping digitally. I wasn't sure I would be able to. It's not perfect but, I still think it looks pretty cool! 

We have a Color Challenge for you this week and here's what we're working with-

I love creating with MDS because I can make variations in the coloring jet like my real stamping. So Cool! The sentiment is a download I got for FREE during our recent Digital Scrapbooking Week. Love me some Free!!!

Here's the inside-

Not quite sure why this looks like Crumb Cake instead of Very Vanilla but I wanted you to be able to see it anyway. The sentiment here is also from Moments Ago. I love the font and the sentiments are fabulous too!

Well, that's all I have for you today. What do you think?  hope you enjoyed today's card and I hope it makes you want to play with your MDS and with the Nachos. I can't wait to see what you come up with! If you have questions about today's card, I hope you'll take a moment and leave me a message below. I'll be sure to get back to you. I love hearing from you and your comments make my day. :)

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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A Happy Hello / NAC #63

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a safe and restful Holiday Weekend and are ready for a nice short work week. :) Tuesday's are one of my favorite days because we get to share a new Nacho Challenge with you and because the new MDS Downloads come out. *Happy Dance* Did you get in on all the great downloads last week? I stocked up!!! I can't wait to show you the projects I'll be making with them. One of the kits was "A Happy Hello" and it's so bright and cheery. It definitely made me happy! This week's challenge is a sketch and it has a center that just screamed at me to use a Bright Cheery piece of DSP. Here's what I came up with-

Isn't this FUN!?!

If you've been around here for any length of time you know as much as I love our beautiful DSP, I rarely use it for more than accents. I almost never make a card front from it. I might need it later!!! Well, I don't have to worry about that with Digital DSP, I can use it all I want and there's always more. YEA!!! Here's the sketch we have for you this week-

Did you know that when you design cards in MDS you can design all 4 sides and print it for the same price as 1 outside card front and 1inside? Yep, how cool is that? Well, I didn't do all 4 sides but I did make a pretty inside for you and here it is-

I kept it simple, but I think it's still cute. What do you think? I hope you liked today's card and that it inspires you to play along with us. I can't wait to see what you come up with. If you have questions about today's project or any others you see here, don't forget to leave me a message below. I'll be sure to get back to you.

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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Sugar & Spice Nacho / NAC #62

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Hey ya'll. Hope you're having a great week so far! It's Tuesday and you know that means it's time for another challenge with the Nacho's. This week's challenge is a color challenge. I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with this week's color combo. Then I was looking at some pictures of Sweet Little Nacho and realized her picture would be perfect with it. That's when I decided go digital this week. Here's what I came up with-

Oooooohhhhhh, I just love this little girl!!!! One of these days I'm going to be content with a simple MDS page. Would you believe I went in and figured out a pattern and colored the dots in the sketch colors? Oh well, I think it was worth the end result. How about that cute little ampersand? It was one of our 50% kits this past week. Love it!

Here's the color combo for this week-

Well, that's all I have for you this week. I hope you liked it and I hope it inspires you to play along with the Nacho's this week. I can't wait to see what you come up with! If you have any questions about this or any of my projects, be sure to leave me a message below so I can get back to you.

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. you are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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